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the obama administration isn't so eager to declare every single disturbance around the world an act of terrorism it's a more thoughtful administration one that waits for investigations and facts before arriving at or expressing conclusions and after it was clear that it was terrorism in benghazi the white house said it was terrorism in fact the day after the attack on september twelfth the president said quote no act of terrorism will ever shake the resolve of this great nation end quote regardless republicans think they can spin this into some sort of controversy and mark my words if president obama is re-elected that's exactly what the republicans will do. because ever since bill clinton was elected president republicans have been committed to a strategy of deed legitimizing any democratic president to try to nail clinton on a number of things beginning with whitewater it finally found something when monica lewinsky came around and clinton lied about all the mentally they failed to remove the president as the senate refused to kick clinton out of office sense in that the american
the obama administration isn't so eager to declare every single disturbance around the world an act of terrorism it's a more thoughtful administration one that waits for investigations and facts before arriving at or expressing conclusions and after it was clear that it was terrorism in benghazi the white house said it was terrorism in fact the day after the attack on september twelfth the president said quote no act of terrorism will ever shake the resolve of this great nation end quote...
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have gone up forty five percent the idea of the regulator who according to the small business administration and they they do what they do with a five year snapshot of the regulatory state and under obama ok go look it up but some examples cafe standards that's an obama regulation dodd frank is a law that said i want to start let's start with cafe stand yes do you do you think that we should continue to be subsidizing the oil industry by saying we're going to have our navy protect their shipping lanes they're not going to pay for any of that we're going to we're going to subsidize their drilling there you know. or your and your wife's is going to treat their ok and the cancer is going to governor romney pointed out last night green energy is getting far more in subsidies then i want on the oil industry which we have to hold on to think that was actually another one of the lies which you know you get to in just a second i know we'll get to that but i don't understand when these oil companies are making billions and billions and billions of dollars they continue to get tagged they get to do th
have gone up forty five percent the idea of the regulator who according to the small business administration and they they do what they do with a five year snapshot of the regulatory state and under obama ok go look it up but some examples cafe standards that's an obama regulation dodd frank is a law that said i want to start let's start with cafe stand yes do you do you think that we should continue to be subsidizing the oil industry by saying we're going to have our navy protect their...
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yeah obama accurately pointed out that when hurricane andrew hit mostly white parts of florida the federal government waived the requirement for local matching funds for rebuilding but when katrina hit mostly black new orleans the bush administration still wanted the city to pay the matching funds the state in fact but to fox so-called news it's a declaration of a race war. that is the theme of the speech from front to back from beginning to end they don't like you because of your skin color and that is a shockingly that's a that's a nasty thing to say it's a divisive thing to say it's a demagogic thing to say in the case of katrina it's an untrue thing to say at the moment no it is true actually but that's not all that has the white guys of fox so-called news in a tizzy it's also the way the president talked. who seemed to be now president of united states doesn't sound like the accident that he grew up with in hawaii doesn't know it's a false acceptance of put on to pander to the audience you know fact if he's playing a role it's embarrassing right it's shocking that a politician would d
yeah obama accurately pointed out that when hurricane andrew hit mostly white parts of florida the federal government waived the requirement for local matching funds for rebuilding but when katrina hit mostly black new orleans the bush administration still wanted the city to pay the matching funds the state in fact but to fox so-called news it's a declaration of a race war. that is the theme of the speech from front to back from beginning to end they don't like you because of your skin color...
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his political gains which is very hypocritical if you consider the whole of the obama administration were supporting the dictators that were thrown out by the people in tunisia in egypt and in other countries. the u.s. government was. supporting it but i'll do it to you who are prepared to live a little less popular uprising in tunisia you're absolutely right but i'll. in the same story was when you do the u.s. government obama is going to even try to avoid and who would replace hosni mubarak being injured and their pick who is the leader of the guardian oversee the torture chambers and in total suliman who had been used of course to torture prisoners that were rendition by the cia to egypt when u.s. president barack obama was addressing the general assembly. he brought up the fact of this anti islam film that that sparked a lot of anti-american sentiment in the arab world and actually even beyond and he said as as crude and disgusting as he believes that film is as us president he will still defend the constitutional rights of americans to freedom of expression and freedom of speech
his political gains which is very hypocritical if you consider the whole of the obama administration were supporting the dictators that were thrown out by the people in tunisia in egypt and in other countries. the u.s. government was. supporting it but i'll do it to you who are prepared to live a little less popular uprising in tunisia you're absolutely right but i'll. in the same story was when you do the u.s. government obama is going to even try to avoid and who would replace hosni mubarak...
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let's take a look now at a new study on a drone strikes that raises many questions about the obama administration's drone campaign there are court was released this week by the center for civilians and conflict at columbia university and sheds light on how the secrecy surrounding drone strikes leaves the public in the dark about the real consequences of drone warfare it suggests that while drone deaths are significantly understated not even the u.s. government knows the true death toll and beyond the figures there port takes a comprehensive look at the drone campaigns impact on civilians and pakistan yemen and somalia to talk more. about the findings and what it all means one of the authors of the study are in shah associate director of the counterterrorism and human rights project at columbia law school. so this report looks at problems with the drone campaign that have virtually gone unnoticed can you talk about some of these findings our main finding is that there's way too much that we don't know about drone strikes the u.s. government has assured in a program of drone strikes it started under
let's take a look now at a new study on a drone strikes that raises many questions about the obama administration's drone campaign there are court was released this week by the center for civilians and conflict at columbia university and sheds light on how the secrecy surrounding drone strikes leaves the public in the dark about the real consequences of drone warfare it suggests that while drone deaths are significantly understated not even the u.s. government knows the true death toll and...
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obama administration is keeping under wraps and then on an analysis of open government requests filed by the bloomberg group shows that obama has failed to create a transparent administration despite his campaign promises is this the most secretive administration in american history we'll explore that topic in the days ahead and last but not least if you thought the t.s.a. was invasive before get ready for the next generation of american aviation safety standards but this one doesn't involve copying a feel or those very revealing body scanner images within the next year or two the department of homeland security will instantly know everything about your body clothes and luggage with a new laser based molecular scanner a fired from one hundred sixty four feet away and best part is you won't even know about it scaredy at bolton in next week for all the details those are just a few of the stories we have in store for you next week along with more news in.
obama administration is keeping under wraps and then on an analysis of open government requests filed by the bloomberg group shows that obama has failed to create a transparent administration despite his campaign promises is this the most secretive administration in american history we'll explore that topic in the days ahead and last but not least if you thought the t.s.a. was invasive before get ready for the next generation of american aviation safety standards but this one doesn't involve...
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administration has increased internet wiretaps by three hundred sixty one percent and if the you go and look at the phone wiretaps sixty percent right there where you realize more people are communicating via e-mail obviously well let's quickly look at those charts that you're bringing up if we could bring up the graphics that we have so the first one they are talking about is this one right here this is a chart there reveals the number of people whose telephones and the pen register and trap and trace surveillance that actually tripled in during the obama administration and it also went in the past two years was more than the entire previous decade and if we go ahead switch that other one really quick the second chart shows the number of pen register and trap and trace orders that went up like you said three hundred sixty one percent between two thousand and nine and two thousand and eleven so this is an invasion of privacy is it not i would say so but if you can have some sort of federal judge say oh you need this information for some sort of criminal investigation absolutely and
administration has increased internet wiretaps by three hundred sixty one percent and if the you go and look at the phone wiretaps sixty percent right there where you realize more people are communicating via e-mail obviously well let's quickly look at those charts that you're bringing up if we could bring up the graphics that we have so the first one they are talking about is this one right here this is a chart there reveals the number of people whose telephones and the pen register and trap...
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last few weeks about his administration's handling of the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya with hours of coverage devoted to the story fox is hoping to paint the president as weak or incompetent on foreign policy and monday republican congresswoman marsha blackburn appeared on fox to equate the president's handling of libya to watergate. being gaza gate is the right kind of charm for this i think this is very very serious probably more serious than watergate. so is this the strategy heading into november joining me now is craig unger contributing editor of vanity fair vanity fair magazine and author of the book boss rove inside karl rove's secret kingdom of power a brilliant book by the way i strongly recommend credit welcome back great to be back tom what information thank you for joining us what information do you have on the republicans using a soap. called jimmy carter strategy and president obama well i see the hand of call rove behind this again and rove has been the party boss has become the party boss of the republican party he is not out
last few weeks about his administration's handling of the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya with hours of coverage devoted to the story fox is hoping to paint the president as weak or incompetent on foreign policy and monday republican congresswoman marsha blackburn appeared on fox to equate the president's handling of libya to watergate. being gaza gate is the right kind of charm for this i think this is very very serious probably more serious than watergate. so is this the...
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and after the event this can't lead good for the obama administration at this point that's true i mean it's also true to be honest that foreign policy national security generally are not the big issues in the u.s. election but this is a problem for the obama administration their explanation of how the attack occurred has shifted they start out by saying it was it was morphed out of a protest against this anti muslim video. and then finally two weeks later they said oh no it was a deliberate organized attack by militants so their explanation is shifted and that is raised questions about what they knew and when they knew it and how they describe the attack and if nothing else it's a distraction and a negative for obama as he campaigns for reelection five weeks from now a lot of questions hopefully we'll get some more answers but we appreciate you so much for coming on the show that was a warren strobel foreign policy and national security at it are terrorists. well it's been called one of the least productive congress says in american history the one hundred twelfth congress has dismisse
and after the event this can't lead good for the obama administration at this point that's true i mean it's also true to be honest that foreign policy national security generally are not the big issues in the u.s. election but this is a problem for the obama administration their explanation of how the attack occurred has shifted they start out by saying it was it was morphed out of a protest against this anti muslim video. and then finally two weeks later they said oh no it was a deliberate...
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his political gains which is very hypocritical if you consider the whole the obama administration was supporting the dictators that were thrown out by the people in tunisia in egypt. and in other countries. the u.s. government was. supporting. them to live a little and when the popular uprising. really played out and the same story was in you do. you listen to obama's going to even try to what happened with replays of him but i didn't and there pick was the really guardian of the the torture chambers in the in sort of mine who had been used of course to torture prisoners that were rendition. to egypt when u.s. president barack obama was addressing the general assembly. he brought up the fact of this anti islam film that that sparked a lot of anti-american sentiment in the arab world and actually even beyond and he said as as crude and disgusting as he believes that film is as us president he will still defend the constitutional rights of americans to have freedom of expression and freedom of speech but during a song when he was addressing the u.n. . he sort of said obama was being qui
his political gains which is very hypocritical if you consider the whole the obama administration was supporting the dictators that were thrown out by the people in tunisia in egypt. and in other countries. the u.s. government was. supporting. them to live a little and when the popular uprising. really played out and the same story was in you do. you listen to obama's going to even try to what happened with replays of him but i didn't and there pick was the really guardian of the the torture...
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mccullagh the chief political correspondent for c net and we first talked about his coverage of the obama administration telling federal judges in new orleans yesterday that warrantless tracking of mobile devices is perfectly legal legal. now i've just been listening to the audio i wasn't there for the oral arguments unfortunately i knew it was up online and of that and the judge just seemed like they didn't really understand the technology that well but they understand the procedure in the principals pretty well so i suspect that they're going to take a pretty critical view of the government's arguments in this case it's too early to know i will have a decision in a few months i know that when you wrote that records kept by wireless carriers can hint at or reveal things like medical treatments political associations religious convictions even whether someone's cheating on his or her spouse or talk a little bit about you know privacy aspects of what is being sort of brought up and discussed in court. well marketers love cell phone location information makers people making i.o.'s or androi
mccullagh the chief political correspondent for c net and we first talked about his coverage of the obama administration telling federal judges in new orleans yesterday that warrantless tracking of mobile devices is perfectly legal legal. now i've just been listening to the audio i wasn't there for the oral arguments unfortunately i knew it was up online and of that and the judge just seemed like they didn't really understand the technology that well but they understand the procedure in the...
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occupy wall street or some equivalent the pressure won't be there and there's no indication from the obama administration that they would react to anything other than real pressure from below so that's the question i think you're absolutely right richard well thank you so much for being with us thank you again for inviting me we'll be right back. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you saw. i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that the americans call a dollar. i'm sorry. guys here's another one so. you know what that is here so. i want to listen to featuring a liberal and the truth. is that the voters. are going to distract us from what you and i should care about because they're a profit driven industry that sells a sensationalistic garbage he calls it breaking news i mean martin and we're going to break that. now into election news out of florida florida governor rick scott ha
occupy wall street or some equivalent the pressure won't be there and there's no indication from the obama administration that they would react to anything other than real pressure from below so that's the question i think you're absolutely right richard well thank you so much for being with us thank you again for inviting me we'll be right back. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of...
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up by wall street or some equivalent the pressure won't be there and there's no indication from the obama administration that they would react to anything other than real pressure from below so that's the question i think you're absolutely right richard well thank you so much for being with us thank you again for inviting me we'll be right back. and this is. going to take three years for three. major three. three stooges free. old free brown videos for your media project free media. wealthy british style. time. mark you. know what's really happening to the global economy mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. now into election news out of florida florida governor rick scott has restarted his illegal voter purge in the sunshine state scott's a list of voters to be targeted as non citizens and kicked off the rolls has been shown to be riddled with errors and overwhelmingly focused on minority voters who tend to vote for democrats but governor scott is pushing forth regardless and this isn't the all the way republicans are trying to steal the election in f
up by wall street or some equivalent the pressure won't be there and there's no indication from the obama administration that they would react to anything other than real pressure from below so that's the question i think you're absolutely right richard well thank you so much for being with us thank you again for inviting me we'll be right back. and this is. going to take three years for three. major three. three stooges free. old free brown videos for your media project free media. wealthy...
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raising concerns about the obama administration's use of so-called signature strikes particularly in afghanistan. and in that letter because so much in his congressional colleagues referred to drones as are faceless and basters and they noted how these drones are feeding anti-american sentiment around the world and those claims the claims of who sits in his congressional colleagues have been validated by studies that came out just last week from the new york universe new york university and prince and no i'm sorry new york university and stanford university of syria we did it we did we definitely talked about that and how pakistan's foreign minister said that the leading cause of anti-american sentiment is indeed the drone warfare program there and the media you know last night they were talking about the d.c. sniper attacks ten years on anybody here we are ten years on from this extensive drone program that's been launched all across the muslim world why is it the media doesn't focus on large scale terrorism and they only focus on the small scale terrorism when they talk about terro
raising concerns about the obama administration's use of so-called signature strikes particularly in afghanistan. and in that letter because so much in his congressional colleagues referred to drones as are faceless and basters and they noted how these drones are feeding anti-american sentiment around the world and those claims the claims of who sits in his congressional colleagues have been validated by studies that came out just last week from the new york universe new york university and...
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we're going to win even though the obama administration's stated policy is not to let iran have a nuclear weapon for benjamin netanyahu that's not enough if you're determined to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons it means you'll act before they get nuclear weapons acting before could mean attacking tomorrow even though according to a u.s. intelligence assessment iranian leaders haven't even decided on whether to build a bomb or not america's top military officials made it clear at tacking iran would be a bad idea should israel decide to go it alone the head of the u.s. army said quote i don't want to be complicit and of quote they assume they can set iran back a couple of years and then go back and do it again and again that's just idiotic because once you start using force everything changes colonel lawrence wilkerson has joined a host of other former and serving government officials who put forward an expert analysis paper on what military action against iran would entail the paper states we believe that a u.s. attack on iran would increase variance motivation to build a bomb. it
we're going to win even though the obama administration's stated policy is not to let iran have a nuclear weapon for benjamin netanyahu that's not enough if you're determined to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons it means you'll act before they get nuclear weapons acting before could mean attacking tomorrow even though according to a u.s. intelligence assessment iranian leaders haven't even decided on whether to build a bomb or not america's top military officials made it clear at...
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administration out of control e.p.a. which is waging all out war on american energy and coal is at the heart of that war opponents call it the polluters bill of rights and say it makes the air less safe to breathe blocks efforts to safely dispose of coal ash and severely weakens the clean water. some lawmakers say it's hypocritical to talk about the immorality of passing along debt to future generations and then to support this bills like this one are piling another form of debt on our children we're leaving them to deal with the consequences of letting coal companies pollute the air that our children brief and the water that they drink but. the issue is already one that's become part of the national presidential campaign. i'm all over in the coal industry this ad put out by the romney campaign is running in west virginia and ohio where romney recently spoke his vice president said coal is more dangerous than terrorists can you imagine that this. this tells you precisely what what he actually feels and what he's done it'
administration out of control e.p.a. which is waging all out war on american energy and coal is at the heart of that war opponents call it the polluters bill of rights and say it makes the air less safe to breathe blocks efforts to safely dispose of coal ash and severely weakens the clean water. some lawmakers say it's hypocritical to talk about the immorality of passing along debt to future generations and then to support this bills like this one are piling another form of debt on our children...
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administration it also went in the past two years was more than the entire previous decade and if we go ahead switch that other one really quick the second chart shows the number of pen register and trap and trace orders that went up like you said three hundred sixty one percent between two thousand and nine and two thousand and eleven so this is an invasion of privacy is it not i would say so but if you can have a. some sort of federal judge say oh you need this information for some sort of criminal investigation absolutely you know after the police collect this information they see who you're talking to and how long you're talking to them from and where you're sending the e-mails from geographically they can take that information do whatever they want and they never have to go back to the court and say this is what we did with it it's just always going to be there and it's just me it's not that good all right and you're blake i'm sure you're going to be watching this diligently and reporting about it on our website as do much of our t. dot com slash usa web producer and you're blak
administration it also went in the past two years was more than the entire previous decade and if we go ahead switch that other one really quick the second chart shows the number of pen register and trap and trace orders that went up like you said three hundred sixty one percent between two thousand and nine and two thousand and eleven so this is an invasion of privacy is it not i would say so but if you can have a. some sort of federal judge say oh you need this information for some sort of...
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administration's handling of the intelligence behind the libya embassy attacks and specifically called out u.n. ambassador susan rice for being a rock. speaking of rice rumsfeld i thought it was amazing that someone in her position would go on with that degree of certainty that fast without authoritatively and be that wrong in other words mr rumsfeld's views on fox so-called news interview was the ultimate example of the pot calling the kettle black and the very very ugly dr keith ablow ablow as part of fox so-called news is a steamed panel of medical professionals and yesterday's episode of fox and friends first ablow took part in a segment ironically called normal or nuts in this segment of you were called in asking whether it was normal for him to be hoarding food weapons fuel and survival gear in preparation for who knows what they're to listen apple's response. listen here's the thing anyway normal really. really because. they're close to getting a nuclear weapon it may be that the rest of us who want to mashing survival gear are the crazy ones now even for fox so-called news that
administration's handling of the intelligence behind the libya embassy attacks and specifically called out u.n. ambassador susan rice for being a rock. speaking of rice rumsfeld i thought it was amazing that someone in her position would go on with that degree of certainty that fast without authoritatively and be that wrong in other words mr rumsfeld's views on fox so-called news interview was the ultimate example of the pot calling the kettle black and the very very ugly dr keith ablow ablow...
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the damaging and unproductive consequences of our drone strikes in pakistan despite claims from the obama administration the very few civilians have been killed in drone strikes is to report titled living under drones argues that as many as eight hundred civilians have been killed in pakistan alone since two thousand and four as a result of don't drone strikes data on the strikes and civilian deaths has compiled from more than one hundred thirty interviews of civilians living in northern pakistan a hotbed for drone strikes the strikes also correspond with growing anti-american sentiment in the region a recent pew poll found that three quarters of pakistanis now consider the united states to be an enemy one reason why is the report explains is because quote drones hover twenty four hours a day over communities in northwest pockets found striking homes vehicles and public spaces without warning those living under drones have to face the constant worry that a deadly strike may be fired at any moment and live with the knowledge that they are powerless to protect themselves. the problem for vo
the damaging and unproductive consequences of our drone strikes in pakistan despite claims from the obama administration the very few civilians have been killed in drone strikes is to report titled living under drones argues that as many as eight hundred civilians have been killed in pakistan alone since two thousand and four as a result of don't drone strikes data on the strikes and civilian deaths has compiled from more than one hundred thirty interviews of civilians living in northern...
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today on r t it's one step for the obama administration one big leap back for human rights advocates a law that allows indefinite military detention of american citizens was held in court those details ahead. plus extremism comes in many shapes and forms that's no surprise but now the u.s. military has new classification standards for potential national security threats and changing your facebook status or social media preferences are on the list. and could there be a get mo two point zero tucked neatly into the northern illinois landscape a massive correctional facility that the federal bureau of prisons has its eyes on the head will ask the obama administration plans to transfer guantanamo bay inmates to this facility. it is wednesday october third four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for you're watching our team. once again with the latest ruling on the national defense authorization act or n.d.a. a federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the u.s. government can for now indefinitely detain anyone as most of you know this is a case that we've been following very closely sinc
today on r t it's one step for the obama administration one big leap back for human rights advocates a law that allows indefinite military detention of american citizens was held in court those details ahead. plus extremism comes in many shapes and forms that's no surprise but now the u.s. military has new classification standards for potential national security threats and changing your facebook status or social media preferences are on the list. and could there be a get mo two point zero...
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administration on the other hand got seventy percent of the vote and hopes to do the same again and says nice things about immigrants and impact citizenship but they have deported more than a million immigrants in the first three years of obama's term and we need we know indeed that they will you know they definitely have both toe the line about military spending about the wars and continuity and like you said i mean the privatization of education bush's no child left behind pretty much mirrors arnie duncan race to the top i mean they're both pushing privatization and charter schools of of. you know our our system where we're supposed to be helping children but bruce i have to wrap this up really quickly i want to talk about something that is really pressing and since you run the website black agenda report i wanted to ask about the african community and you know since we have the first african-american president you said how and namor. community is with obama you said to many of us are busy vicariously worshipping that beautiful black family in that big white house and not focusing
administration on the other hand got seventy percent of the vote and hopes to do the same again and says nice things about immigrants and impact citizenship but they have deported more than a million immigrants in the first three years of obama's term and we need we know indeed that they will you know they definitely have both toe the line about military spending about the wars and continuity and like you said i mean the privatization of education bush's no child left behind pretty much mirrors...
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an act of an enemy that is the obviously what is the into the intention of the obama administration it is who would deter people from not just cooperating with we can leaks but the mainstream media as will so this is a very serious question for the mainstream media which has to wake up as well and you know the coffee this is getting very serious and in this situation. georgia has seen some of its biggest opposition rallies to date with over one hundred thousand people turning up for pre-election demos in the capital and the country's second largest city on saturday charges will choose their next parliament tomorrow anti-government no it has been fueled by the recent prison torture scandal which sparked massive protests and international condemnation georgian authorities are also accused of high level corruption and cracking down on activists who speak out against the government the opposition claims to be a sea of using dirty tricks to retain its image and as it got spun off reports there are claims that some were at the expense of georgia's northern a back. of the old girl on the rece
an act of an enemy that is the obviously what is the into the intention of the obama administration it is who would deter people from not just cooperating with we can leaks but the mainstream media as will so this is a very serious question for the mainstream media which has to wake up as well and you know the coffee this is getting very serious and in this situation. georgia has seen some of its biggest opposition rallies to date with over one hundred thousand people turning up for...
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not only has obama given complete impunity for torturers but now karaoke is likely to be prosecuted for revealing the identity of agents involved in torture or perhaps the most well known whistleblower valls private bradley manning who allegedly released hundreds of thousands of government cables to wiki leaks some of which exposed were crimes out the legal maximum in the u.s. to hold someone without charges as one hundred twenty days were. up to eight hundred fifty seven for bradley manning who could face the death penalty since this witch hunt on whistleblowers began the obama administration has adopted a zero tolerance policy for people who reveal classified information check out a former whistleblower and attorney just one radek had to say to our team. we have a crackdown an unprecedented cracking down on whistleblowers for allegedly mishandling allegedly classified information in these are really people trying to expose fraud waste abuse and crime and i think these very public prosecutions of people under the espionage act is what's having their real their real chilling message
not only has obama given complete impunity for torturers but now karaoke is likely to be prosecuted for revealing the identity of agents involved in torture or perhaps the most well known whistleblower valls private bradley manning who allegedly released hundreds of thousands of government cables to wiki leaks some of which exposed were crimes out the legal maximum in the u.s. to hold someone without charges as one hundred twenty days were. up to eight hundred fifty seven for bradley manning...
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administration would like the narrative of the united states in the middle east to begin the day that he supported the revolution in egypt and actually it doesn't work that way so i mean i think that. americans tend to have just very short memories about the government's role in middle eastern politics and that to me i think is a shame as to the question about the way mr obama drew the distinction about blasphemy and free speech and i think this is an issue that's very difficult for americans to understand but i think a part of it is as you said is because a lot of a lot of americans tend to see themselves as having a monopoly on free speech and human rights issues thinking that those you know those sorts of norms emanate from christian values or from some sort of purely american set of morals which obviously is not true there's vast reservoir is for you know to defend freedom of speech in any tradition around the world and broad major religious or cultural tradition but this is something that you know part of the grand narrative of american exceptionalism which dominates the way that
administration would like the narrative of the united states in the middle east to begin the day that he supported the revolution in egypt and actually it doesn't work that way so i mean i think that. americans tend to have just very short memories about the government's role in middle eastern politics and that to me i think is a shame as to the question about the way mr obama drew the distinction about blasphemy and free speech and i think this is an issue that's very difficult for americans...